Industrie 4.0 Consulting

Our Industrie 4.0 consulting approach is based on a collaborative, iterative process with our customers. The modular, field-tested framework allows for flexibility, efficiency and value-adding results.

Design the Smart Factory of the future

Industrie 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) provide vast opportunities for the integral development of individual components, processes, systems, or entire corporate areas.

In order to take IIoT solutions beyond the concept phase, teams must be clear about the current state, the desired future state, and the terrain in between. Requirements need to be defined in a collaborative, iterative process with all stakeholders.

Our Industrie 4.0 Consulting approach

The Industrie 4.0 consulting team by KUKA moderates and facilitates the Industrie 4.0 transition process right from the beginning.

Together with your team, we assess the existing situation realistically and straightforwardly. We develop sensible use cases for IIoT applications and involve relevant stakeholders such as production managers, engineers, IT specialists, line workers or designers continuously. We ensure an efficient information flow and a high quality of documentation to set the right base for transforming your production facility into a Smart Factory.

IIoT solutions based on human-centered design

We analyze a project from three different perspectives: people, technology and business. The goal is to achieve a maximum impact by developing an IIoT solution at the intersection of the three areas. The approach will lead you to a convenient solution for the users, based on feasible technologies and a viable business model.

People

Who is the real user?

What is the biggest pain of the user?

How is the internal reporting line?

Who will benefit from the outcome?

Which devices are used?

Which processes are we going to touch first?

Business

How can we improve the output of our production line?

How can we make the maintenance quicker and smarter (lower the effort)?

How can we learn from the data?

How can we increase the OEE/throughput?

Technology

Which hardware investments should be done?

Which cloud services to choose?

How to handle the security requirements?

IT & IIoT resources and knowledge availability?

Is your network architecture ready?

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Leon Megginson, Research Professor and Author

Fast entry into Industrie 4.0

From initial assessment to final implementation: Together we raise your factory to the next level of productivity and operational excellence.

KUKA Industrie 4.0 Consulting team

We are an entrepreneurial think-tank with the aim to develop value-adding IIoT solutions for our customers.

By coupling advancements in the fields of data analytics and machine learning with substantiated automation knowledge, we want to unlock the full potential of Industrie 4.0.

To create the biggest benefit for our customers, we are collaborating with partners of diverse ecosystems. Thus, we combine the know-how of shop floor domain experts, innovative start-ups and IT companies.